Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

14 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Police brutality, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

stroudle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

I have been a long time fan of Maria’s comedy and went into this book expecting some greater understanding of her as a person and a couple laughs. I got so much more. It is honest and introspective. There are very transparent stories of her experience with OCD and I found it challenging to listen to at these parts but pushed through because it felt she was speaking to my exact experiences. 

Maria makes sure to keep herself and the listener grounded with sometime dark, sometimes light hearted, sometimes both comic relief. I listened to this while cleaning and making dinner after work and it was cathartic. I would personally recommend listening as all visual elements are in a pdf and you get to hear neat special effects and all the amazing Maria voices you may know and have come to love or have not yet heard and will soon love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the better memoirs i've listened too. I think Maria is hilarious and I'd totally go to her show. Again the book ends a little abruptly but I think the formatting is fun. The chapters are divided up into separate "cults" and chunks of her life. I appreciate that she keeps the timeline pretty easy to follow and describes what's happening year wise as well. I think I would have appreciated more of a conclusion other than her own twelve step program creation. The PDF of pictures and all the recipes were such a cute addition! I'd definitely recommend this as a good starter memoir. Very easy to listen to and funny while being serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Probably the funniest book I have listened to in a long time. As Maria Bamford bravely recounts her many adventures with group therapies and twelve step programs from debtors anonymous to couples therapy. Maria openly shares about her struggles with antidepressants, our healthcare system when it comes to mental health help and so much more. Although none of those topics sounds funny, trust me this book will have you laughing. 
Highly recommend, especially if you are depressed and need a laugh at the world and other situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spl2d's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

al3xa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

jasecordova's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

jesselopod's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness

sar_willow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis